PAUL ZAENTZ FILM IS A GLOBAL SENSATION
Following the screening of Paul Zaentz’s (Beta Pi ’69) film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, at the Cannes Film Festival, other film festivals want to join in the 50th Anniversary celebration of the film that won an Oscar at the Academy Awards as Best Picture. As reported in the December 2024 issue of Slices […]
ALPHA PHI DELTA HISTORY IS ON THE INTERNET
The day following the Special Meeting of Alpha Phi Delta, Tex Roper ’76 may have been the first Beta Pi to utilize the now-digitized archives of old issues of Shield & Diamond magazine. The recently formed Historical Society of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, to which Bruce Wolfson ’71 was elected to the position of Vice […]
SPECIAL MEETING OF ALPHA PHI DELTA
Alpha Phi Delta was an independent fraternity at Penn that purchased the building at 3900 Locust Street in the summer of 1920. After successfully petitioning Pi Kappa Alpha National Fraternity (PiKA), Alpha Phi Delta became Beta Pi chapter of PiKA. All the then current members of Alpha Phi Delta were granted membership in PiKA and […]
BETA PI RECORDS PRESERVED
On May 13, 2025, the chapter house at 3916 Spruce Street had all records, ritual items, memorabilia, etc., belonging to Beta Pi, removed. The total removal was accomplished by Kaden Stenger, Beta Pi ’19, who served as one of the two student representatives, chosen from all PiKA chapters, to the Pi Kappa Alpha Inter/National (Memphis) […]
PAUL ZAENTZ HOSTS SPECIAL SCREENING AT CANNES
On May 21, 2025, at the world-renowned Cannes Film Festival, Paul Zaentz, Beta Pi ’69, hosted a special 50th Anniversary screening of the Academy Award winning film for Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. As noted in the December 2024 issue of Slices of Beta Pi, Paul became owner of this film when […]
PI KAPPA ALPHA RELEASES 2024 ANNUAL REPORT
Pi Kappa Alpha (PiKA) has released its 2024 Annual Report presenting the financial health of the fraternity as well as noteworthy accomplishments and events during the 2024 year. Last year, Pi Kappa Alpha Inter/National Fraternity (Memphis) experienced unprecedented financial growth due primarily to two large gifts to Memphis totaling approximately $10 million. Including these two […]
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM RICH SCHORR
Fellow brothers, This is the first time I have written to the entire group. As a recipient of a plethora of emails each day, I respect your time and will keep this short. Many of us participated in person or virtually at the April 5th association meeting. It was a difficult and heart-breaking discussion as we […]
FRAN McCAFFERY TO COACH PENN MEN’S BASKETBALL
Fran McCaffery Wh’82 has been a head basketball coach at Lehigh, North Carolina Greensboro, Siena, and the last 15 seasons at Big Ten Conference member Iowa. He has led his teams to 12 NCAA appearances, more than any other Ivy League basketball coach at the time of hiring. At Iowa, McCaffery led the team to […]
THE TRUMP EFFECT ON PENN
On April 3, 2025, The Daily Pennsylvanian published an article, written by “Staff Reporters” Ayana Chari and Anvi Seghal, that compiled changes at Penn in response to Federal mandates since Donald Trump Wh’68 again became President. The information in this article comes from the analysis referenced above. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) “On his first day […]
PENN STARTS TO LOSE FEDERAL FUNDING
All information in this article is taken from the March 13, 2025, issue of The Daily Pennsylvanian. As Penn has not been able to convince Federal agencies that Penn’s response to addressing antisemitism on campus is sufficient to protect the rights and health of Jewish students on campus, Penn is facing a possible loss of […]